Robert Sackville, 2nd EARL of DORSET, 1561-1609
1579 Married MARGARET HOWARD, dau. of Duke of NORFOLK
1585 } Member of Parliament
1608 }
1592 Married ANNE SPENCER
1608 Succeeded his father, THOMAS
1609 Death
Richard Sackville, 3rd EARL of DORSET, 1589-1624
1609 Married Lady ANNE CLIFFORD, daughter of GEORGE, Earl of CUMBERLAND
1609 Succeeded his father, ROBERT
1624 Death
Edward Sackville, 4th EARL of DORSET, 1591-1652
1605 At Christ Church, Oxford
1612 Married MARY, daughter of Sir GEORGE CURZON
1614 His duel with Lord BRUCE
1614 Member of Parliament
1616 Knight of the Bath
1621 Ambassador to LOUIS XIII
1623 } Travels in Italy
1624 }
1623 Again Ambassador to LOUIS XIII
1624 Succeeded his brother, RICHARD
1624 Lord-Lieutenant of Sussex and Middlesex
1625 Knight of the Garter
1625 Death of James I. Succeeded by CHARLES I
1628 Lord Chamberlain
1630 Lady DORSET appointed Governess to the King's children
1631 } Commissioner for Planting Virginia
1634 }
1638 Granted the East Coast of America
1642 Outbreak of civil war. Ld. DORSET joins the KING at York
1644 Lord Privy Seal
1649 Execution of CHARLES I
1652 Death
